Access and Equity in the University

Keren Brathwaite is Associate Director of the Transitional Year Programme at the University of Toronto.

* Acknowledgements* Preface - Jack Wayne* Part One: Opening and Introduction* Opening Prayer - Elder Lillian McGregor* Acknowledging Our Ancestors: TYP's Thirtieth Anniversary - Carol Couchie (TYP 1989-90)* Chapter 1: Access and Equity in the University: An Introduction - Keren S. Brathwaite* TYP Alumni Voices* Reflections - Alexander Francis (1973-1974)* From Amusement Park to University - Marilli Martyn (1985-1986)* Part Two: The Meaning of Access and Equity* Chapter 2: Is It Possible to Have Access and Equity in University Education in the Twenty-First Century? Lessons from the Transitional Year Programme of the University of Toronto - Horace Campbell* Chapter 3: Reflections on My Years in TYP: Lessons in Education Equity - Keren S. Brathwaite* Chapter 4: University Access and Educational Opportunity: A Canadian Perspective - Ketih A. Allen* Chapter 5: Implications of Providing Access in a Context of Inequality - Rona Abramovitch* Chapter 6: Dimensions of Access to Transition - Frederick Ivor Case* Chapter 7: TYP and University Boundaries - Frank Cunningham* TYP Alumni Voices* TYP Has Opened Doors for Me - Thomas Howe (TYP 1988-1989)* The TYP Route to a Ph.D. - Paul Bakary Gibba (TYP 1993-1994)* Part Three: Critical Considerations and Strategies for Increasing Access and Equity* Chapter 8: Becoming "Insiders": Racialized Students in the Academy - Carl E. James* Chapter 9: Aboriginal Students in the Transitional Year Programme at the University of Toronto - Eileen M. Antone* Chapter 10: From Outsider to Insider: Toward a Model of Transition for Non-traditional University Students - Carolyn Stallberg-White* Chapter 11: Minority Graduate Students and Funding: What Do We Know? - Roslyn Thomas-Long* Chapter 12: Teaching and Learning Strategies that Promote Access, Equity, and Excellence in University Education - Selina L.P. Mushi* TYP Alumni Voices* TYP Prepared Me for Graduate School - Claude Davis (TYP 1994-1995)* Building My Self-Esteem Through Success in TYP - Simone Amelia Louis (TYP 1996-1997)* The Lost Playground! - Mohamed Abdulle "Dudishe" (TYP 1997-1998)* Part Four: Implications of Naming and Perception for Access and Equity* Chapter 13: Breaking the Testing Mould: Or What Opponents of Affirmative Action Can Learn from TYP-ing - Olufemi Taiwo* Chapter 14: Stop Calling Us "Slaves" - Althea Prince* Chapter 15: The Sociological Imagination, Critique of the Model Minority Argument, and Empowerment - Horace Henriques* Chapter 16: Diversity and Representation in Canadian Universities: What Do University Web Sites Say? - Andrew M.A. Allen* TYP Alumni Voices* From TYP Student to Winner of National Scholarship - Tyler Burgess (TYP 1998-1999)* TYP Took My Dreams and Made Them Real! - Jennifer Cowan (TYP 1999-2000)* Part Five: University Access Through Partnerships with Schools* Chapter 17: Extending Access into the Secondary Schools: The Case of Steps to University in Toronto - Thomas Mathien* Chapter 18: Teaching in the Steps to University Program: A Personal Reflection - Patricia Albanese* Chapter 19: Enhancing Access to University for "At-Risk" Students: The Steps to University Program in the Eyes of Two Participants - Watson E.J. Morris and Andrew C. Okolie* TYP Alumni Voices* Thirtieth Anniversary Class - Rosamund Dorrington (TYP 2000-2001)* My Life - Clint Otto (TYP 2000-2001)* Part Six: Access and Equity in Science and Math Education* Chapter 20: Science Literacy: Schooled Science in the Service of Equity and Social Justice - Wanja Gitari* Chapter 21: "Heteroglossia with Science": A Tool for Conceptualizing Curriculum for Science Students - Theresa Caolvini* Chapter 22: Mathematics and African Canadians - Francis Ahia* TYP Alumni Voices * I Want to Be the Main Role Model for My Child - Raquel Madahbee (TYP 2000-2001)* What TYP Meants to Me - John David Herron (TYP 2000-2001)* TYP: There Is a Light - Debbie Innes (TYP 2000-2001)* Notes on Contributors* References